Alice de Warenne, Countess of Arundel (15 June 1287 – 23 May 1338) was a noble English heiress to the Earldom of Surrey, and wife of Edmund Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel.

Alice, the only daughter of William de Warenne and Joan de Vere, was born on 15 June 1287 in Warren, Sussex, six months after her father was accidentally killed in a tournament on 15 December 1286. On the death of her paternal grandfather, John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey in 1304, her only sibling John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey succeeded. He became estranged from his childless wife and they never reconciled, leaving Alice and her issue heirs to the Surrey estates and title.

In 1305, Alice married Edmund Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel, the son of Richard Fitzalan, 8th Earl of Arundel and Alice of Saluzzo. They had nine recorded children. Their chief residence was Arundel Castle in Sussex.

Arundel inherited his title on 9 March 1302 upon his father's death.[1] He was summoned to Parliament as Lord Arundel in 1306, and was later one of the Lords Ordainers. He also took part in the Scottish wars.

The Earl of Arundel and his brother-in-law John de Warenne were the only nobles who remained loyal to King Edward II, after Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March returned to England in 1326. He had allied himself to the King's favourite Hugh le Despenser, and agreed to the marriage of his son to Despenser's granddaughter. Arundel had previously been granted many of the traitor Mortimer's forfeited estates, and was appointed Justice of Wales in 1322 and Warden of the Welsh Marches in 1325. He was also made Constable of Montgomery Castle which became his principal base.

The Earl of Arundel was captured in Shropshire by the Queen's party.[2] On 17 November 1326 in Hereford, Arundel was beheaded by order of the Queen, leaving Alice de Warenne a widow. Her husband's estates and titles were forfeited to the Crown following Arundel's execution, but later restored to her eldest son, Richard.

Alice died on 23 May 1338. She was not quite fifty-one years old. Her brother died in 1347 without legitimate issue, thus the title of Surrey eventually passed to Alice's son, Richard.

Her many descendants included Anne Boleyn, Mary Boleyn, Diana, Princess of Wales, and the Dukes of Norfolk.1

8th Earl of Arundel. Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel (1 May 1285 – 17 November 1326) was an English nobleman prominent in the contention between Edward II and his barons. He was summoned to Parliament on 9 November 1306 as Earl of Arundel, The Earls of Arundel have been numbered differently depending on whether the claims of the first seven to have been Earls by tenancy are accepted; in the most common systems, therefore, Edmund FitzAlan is counted as the 2nd or 9th Earl.

He was born in the Castle of Marlborough, in Wiltshire, the son of Sir Richard FitzAlan and his wife, Alasia de Saluzzo, daughter of Thomas I of Saluzzo in Italy. He succeeded to his father's estates and titles on the latter's death in 1302. In 1305, he married Alice, only daughter of William de Warenne, only son and heir apparent of John, Earl of Surrey. He was knighted on 22 May 1306, was summoned to Parliament as Earl of Arundel on 9 November 1306, and took part in the Scottish wars that year. He officiated as Chief Butler (or Pincerna) at Edward II's coronation. For some time he was opposed to the King, and to Piers Gaveston, In 1310, he was one of the Lords Ordainers, and one of the 5 Earls who allied in 1312 to oust Gaveston. Arundel resisted reconciling with the King after Gaveston's death, and in 1314 he, along with some other Earls, refused to help the King's Scottish campaign, which contributed in part to the English defeat at Bannockburn.

A few years later, Arundel allied with King Edward's new favourites, Hugh le Despenser and his son of the same name, and married his son and heir, Richard, to a daughter of the younger Hugh le Despenser. He reluctantly consented to Despenser's banishment in 1321, and joined the King's efforts to restore them in 1321. Over the following years, Arundel was one of the King's principal supporters, and after the capture of Roger Mortimer in 1322, he received a large part of the forfeited Mortimer estates. He also held the two great offices governing Wales, becoming Justice of Wales in 1322 and Warden of the Welsh Marches, responsible for the array in Wales, in 1325 and Constable of Montgomery Castle, his official base.

After Mortimer's escape from prison and invasion of England in 1326, amongst the Barons only Arundel and his brother-in-law John de Warenne remained loyal to the King.

Arundel was taken captive in Shropshire by adherents of the Queen and beheaded without trial at Hereford. He was later attainted, forfeiting his estates and honours (these were fully restored to his son, Richard FitzAlan, called Copped Hat, under Edward III). [1][2]

In 1305, Edmund married Alice de Warenne (June 1287-23 May 1338) sister and later heiress of John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey, daughter of William de Warenne and Joan de Vere. Their children included:

Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel Alice FitzAlan, born in 1314 in Arundel Castle, died on 20 January 1385/86 in Knockin near Oswestry. She married firstly on 8 March 1324 (or 1325) John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford; secondly married (date unknown) to Roger le Strange, 5th Baron Strange; and thirdly in 1336 at Merton Abbey to Robert Locke.[3]1

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Delaware Representative. Active in political beginnings of the United States of America, Caesar Rodney signed the Declaration of Independence as a representative of Delaware. He was also a member of the Continental Congress and President of Delaware during the Revolutionary War.